Understanding IP Matters

A Leader in the $370B Character Licensing Boom

Send us Fan Mail Character licensing is a $370 billion global industry — and most people have never heard of it. Bruce Berman sits down with David Born, CEO of Born Lice

How the University of Kentucky is Building AI-Forward Culture and Driving Economic Impact

Send us Fan Mail Protecting intellectual property at a university should come before sharing it Ian McClure, Vice President of Research and Innovation at the University

Scaling IP Benefits: Tencent, the White House, and AI

Send us Fan Mail Danny Marti has navigated IP from the Obama White House to the boardrooms of some of the world's most powerful companies. As President Obama's

Greenhouses for Innovation: Balancing Patent Rights and Public Good with Laura Peter

Send us Fan Mail Laura Peters provides rare perspective to intellectual property awareness, having served as Deputy Director at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office unde

AI and IP Law, A Cautious Embrace

Send us Fan Mail Wayne Stacy brings a unique perspective from his role as executive director of Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. From his early days as a patent l

Capital Can Transform Invention Rights

Send us Fan Mail Why do many businesses prefer lawsuits over licensing deals — and what does IP capital mean for innovation? Phil Hartstein, co-founder of Soryn IP Capi

3-D Chess: AI's Race for Market Share and IP Supremacy

Send us Fan Mail Allison Gaul, senior counsel at BCG-X, an invention development and commercialization company, discusses the evolving AI landscape, where intellectual a

Man of 1000 Faces: The Renaissance Journey of Eric Bear

Send us Fan Mail When creativity meets intellectual property, innovation has no boundaries. Eric Bear has licensed intellectual property to all major U.S. studios and F

Copyright Piracy Costs America up to $71 Billion: Hollywood Producer Ruth Vitale Speaks Out

Send us Fan Mail Ruth Vitale, Oscar-winning producer and CEO of Creative Future, reveals the devastating impact of copyright piracy on America's entertainment workf

AI Adoption Moves At The Speed of Trust

Send us Fan Mail Award-winning educator and IP advocate Daryl Lim joins Bruce Berman to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and intellectual property edu

Patents Don't Block Innovation, Ignorance Does

Send us Fan Mail Join host Bruce Berman for an illuminating conversation with Henry Hadad, Head of Intellectual Property Rights at Bristol-Myers Squibb. This episode exp

Celebrated MIT engineer and entrepreneur develops medical devices to treat cancer and other diseases

Send us Fan Mail Michael Cima is a researcher, inventor and entrepreneur who has spent 40-years creating advanced medical devices that focus on diagnostics and treatment

This Fashionista Doesn't Wear Fashion - She Covers It

Send us Fan Mail Julie Zerbo is an editor, lawyer and business analyst who covers the business of fashion, including its evolving use of licensing and IP rights.  Suppo

When IP rights lose their property-like function innovation suffers

Send us Fan Mail Author Jonathan Barnett argues that tilting the IP playing field to the benefit of the biggest companies is a much greater threat to innovation, busines

AI needs the right balance of innovation and regulation to thrive

Send us Fan Mail Brandie Nonnecke heads the CITRIS Policy Lab, a tech research center at UC Berkeley that focuses on IT and deep tech and explores topical issues, includ

"Emmy Award-winning immunologist is re-making the idea of science and technology "

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Bertley is a nine-time Emmy Award winning educator who believes that inventions and creative expression are for everyone, from school age children t

"Too much AI regulation threatens competition and jobs," says former USPTO Director

Send us Fan Mail Arguably the most successful USPTO Director, Andrei Iancu, worries that fear of an AI apocalyps are over blown and that too much regulation could be a b

"Unreliable U.S. tech patents impede breakthrough innovation"

Send us Fan Mail A leading patent market expert explains how the ennactment of bi-partisan IP legislation before Congress can help inventions to become more meaningful.

Ex-war photographer helps remove the mystery from images and content

Send us Fan Mail Adobe, NYT and Twitter-lead initiative uses open source software to track image origination and changes to spot fakes and prevent abuse.   Support the

Policy won't save U.S. innovation; respect for property rights can

Send us Fan Mail IP's leading historian and policy expert says the U.S. is undermining the model innovation rights system that it layed the foundation for in the U.